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we're also going to see the response from the romney camp. ♪ ♪ >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care. and my family lost their health care. and-- and a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick, and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we wouldn't afford the insurance. and then one day she-- she became ill, and i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia, and that's when they found the cancer, and by then it was stage four. it was-- there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. >> what does it say about a president's character when the keep tries to use the tragedy of a woman's death for political gain? what does it say about a president's character when he had his campaign raise money for the ad, then stood by as his top aides were caught lying about it? doesn't america deserve better than a president who will say or do anything to stay in power? >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> warner: michael, we should say the pro-oba
we're also going to see the response from the romney camp. ♪ ♪ >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care. and my family lost their health care. and-- and a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick, and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we wouldn't afford the insurance. and then one day she-- she became ill, and i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia, and...
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and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're still trying to explain it. and he's very much on the defensive. so obama is running better with whites and white males in ohio than he is elsewhere, in large part because of the auto bailout and they've got a great ground game in ohio too. >> we should emphasize it's not a slam-dunk for obama. if you look at the polls it's been a very steady two point advantage. >> uh-huh. >> in the state for obama. and one of the oddities of the race so far is that the national numbers probably a slight romney favorite right now, the state numbers like ohio, and obama favored. and i don't know too many experienced political h
and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're still trying to explain it. and he's very much on the defensive. so obama is running better...
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so there would be some motivation on the perry campaign for someone or romney even to -- >> what is into it. >> it came from one of the republican candidates. >> but you think it's the -- dirty pool, that blaming it on cain to rid cain of the campaign because of perry? >> john -- >> nobody in politics would do something like that! oh, no! absolutely not. >> the surprising thing is that herman cain and presumably his aides knew this was out there and that it would likely come up, and they should have gotten their act together. >> they went into paralysis. >> they probably campaign, yes. >> not handle it well either. he was kept on changing his story, and there was a -- >> sometimes you have to change your story. >> exit question -- on a political damage scale, zero to 10, zero meaning no damage, full survival, and 10 meaning total eclipse, how much have the cain allegations damaged his candidacy? >> i think it's 4 and rising. >> i'm going to give it a 5. >> a 5? >> yes. >> susan? >> 5 and depending on what comes out in the forthcoming days from the women who accuse him of this. >> i think
so there would be some motivation on the perry campaign for someone or romney even to -- >> what is into it. >> it came from one of the republican candidates. >> but you think it's the -- dirty pool, that blaming it on cain to rid cain of the campaign because of perry? >> john -- >> nobody in politics would do something like that! oh, no! absolutely not. >> the surprising thing is that herman cain and presumably his aides knew this was out there and that it...
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barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the fact that you have outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i cançr this time than i ever thought wildly possible. if anybody is undermining the campaign finance system or individual it's probably barack obama. so it's funny now that he would start complaining about it. he protests too much. >> you want to respond to that? eah there's been outside spending for 20 years but never at this level. never, the citizens united court case just scrambled the playing field and changed the dynamic completely and no question it's benefiting the republicans in this election. >> and the other thing i want to ask is the o
barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the fact that you have outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i...
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romney still has an advantage here. he's been amassing these delegates in all of these contests as we've gone along. it's important because the other candidates are going to say he can't win there but it's not necessarily the numbers prize. >> ifill: do you read it the same way? >> yeah, i do. look, the south is important. for the republicans, for the nomination, and in the general election having said that michigan and ohio and new york and california is important. a lot of delegates around the country. basing your strategy as a former speaker did at one point at least and maybe santorum as well on a southern strategy, i think it exaggerates in the republican contest it exaggerates the region where you have to play everywhere. that's the advantage mitt romney has had. he's playing everywhere. >> ifill: stu rothenberg, christina bellantoni, we will be talking about this all night. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now a quick look >> woodruff: now a quick look at how you can follow our election coverage at any ho
romney still has an advantage here. he's been amassing these delegates in all of these contests as we've gone along. it's important because the other candidates are going to say he can't win there but it's not necessarily the numbers prize. >> ifill: do you read it the same way? >> yeah, i do. look, the south is important. for the republicans, for the nomination, and in the general election having said that michigan and ohio and new york and california is important. a lot of...
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how did the romney camp view what the obama folks were doing? >> they were, in many respects, in awe of what the obama folk were doing, and they did not have the resources or the mappower or, frankly, the time and energy to devote to trying to catch up. they thought they could lock down this primary nomination by the end of january or early february and what end up happening is they played the sort of extended game of whack-a-mole where a different candidate came up every month and it wasn't until the end of april that they secured the nomination and at that point the romney campaign was pretty much broke. his image was battered by the nominating battle where he lurched to the right on a number of issues and he was in a bad position to take on the obama machine. they began to try to assemble a ground game and started raising money but even up until the end of the election this month, they didn't catch up displood in just a very little time we have left, carol leigh what, would you say the obama folks said made the difference? the front-end spend
how did the romney camp view what the obama folks were doing? >> they were, in many respects, in awe of what the obama folk were doing, and they did not have the resources or the mappower or, frankly, the time and energy to devote to trying to catch up. they thought they could lock down this primary nomination by the end of january or early february and what end up happening is they played the sort of extended game of whack-a-mole where a different candidate came up every month and it...
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romney the issues are partly devices. so to go out and talk about helping one homeowner versus another. a number of people need help. a number of people are tired of the bailout. they want to bail out their neighbors. one of the reasons it's divisive is many of the solution offer read redistributive. you will help citizen a. at the expense of citizen b., citizen b. will not be happy with you. a lot of the real estate industry, tend to be very small business and very pro republican. what romney is trying to balance is i don't want to irk the tea party folks and say i will give bailouts but i don't want to talk it down too much because my friends in the real estate industry want to see the prices go up. >> brown: what should people know about the state of the housing sector today? we were ticking off some of the negatives and positives. what is your overview we should know? >> i think the public should know several things, despite the good news, the housing market remains in big trouble. we have lost $7 trillion of housing
romney the issues are partly devices. so to go out and talk about helping one homeowner versus another. a number of people need help. a number of people are tired of the bailout. they want to bail out their neighbors. one of the reasons it's divisive is many of the solution offer read redistributive. you will help citizen a. at the expense of citizen b., citizen b. will not be happy with you. a lot of the real estate industry, tend to be very small business and very pro republican. what romney...
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we know that. >> woodruff: what about the romney camp? what are they doing? >> they're doing a little bit more traditional. they're reaching out on facebook and twitter and on their mobile app they're geotargeting people meaning when you say you live in the district of columbia or you live in florida ther able to target the early voting to your city. >> the romney campaign working with google. what they do is you buy up popular search terms so that you have a way of serving up your ads to people who might be interested in politics. >> brown: so there's a way for all kinds of voters to interact if you live in a state where there's early voting. >> 72 states are allowing in person voting. >> brown: what about twitter? you were telling me there's a twitter presence here, too. >> there is a twitter presence and we're finding people on twitter-- and i think we might have said this before at some point-- they are very emotionally-- can get very emotionally involved and emotionally attached to the people they're communicating with on twit sore if there's something t
we know that. >> woodruff: what about the romney camp? what are they doing? >> they're doing a little bit more traditional. they're reaching out on facebook and twitter and on their mobile app they're geotargeting people meaning when you say you live in the district of columbia or you live in florida ther able to target the early voting to your city. >> the romney campaign working with google. what they do is you buy up popular search terms so that you have a way of serving up...
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i'm glad senator mitt romney is hopeful about it and has changed his position. but until they do it. until i see the press release, the press conference, the vote in the senate, i will reserve judgment. i want them to prove me wrong. prove me wrong, senate. judy: to parents who lost their children across the country, people who lost emily members, what do they say -- family members, what do they say? >> that is on them. seriously, that is on them if they can't talk to these families. we just saw hearings this week from buffalo survivors, uvalde, parents pouring out their soul. judy: the mother that just brought her back to school after an appointment. she made the honor roll and she was gone. it is hard. jonathan capehart, david brooks, thank you. ♪ as the war in ukraine grinds on from its fourth month, the fight the eastern donbass continues. relentless russian shelling and ukrainian counter strikes have laid waste to vast swaths ofhe region. the daily struggle for those that are still there and their loved ones who have left his amounts. -- is immense. >> th
i'm glad senator mitt romney is hopeful about it and has changed his position. but until they do it. until i see the press release, the press conference, the vote in the senate, i will reserve judgment. i want them to prove me wrong. prove me wrong, senate. judy: to parents who lost their children across the country, people who lost emily members, what do they say -- family members, what do they say? >> that is on them. seriously, that is on them if they can't talk to these families. we...
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romney had to walk away from his support of it in 2012 and said he would not have supported it, now 2015 five years after president obama announced all withdrawal of troops in iraq keeping his promise in the 2008 campaign we see ramadi fall, we see iraqi army in full flight after all the billions of dollars and training, and dempsey said the iraqi army drove out of ramadi they weren't driven out. they're not a paper tiger, they're a paper cabbie cat. that is the reality, i.s.i.s. is on the move. i.s.i.s. is on the offensive. politically speaking, beyond ethics and morals democrats are starting to feel on the defensive on this issue and republicans are starting to feel free of what had been an enormous burden. >> woodruff: sounds like he thinks it's not working. >> well, this was a serious enemy victor in this war. the capital of anbar, they control 60% of the province, advances in syria at the same time. this is good for terrorist propaganda and reviewedment. an unmaimed member of the administration said they were shocked by what happened here. it was shocking to hear president obama's f
romney had to walk away from his support of it in 2012 and said he would not have supported it, now 2015 five years after president obama announced all withdrawal of troops in iraq keeping his promise in the 2008 campaign we see ramadi fall, we see iraqi army in full flight after all the billions of dollars and training, and dempsey said the iraqi army drove out of ramadi they weren't driven out. they're not a paper tiger, they're a paper cabbie cat. that is the reality, i.s.i.s. is on the...
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the democrats are already picking apart david perdue's business experience, trying to reopen the mitt romney playbook to say this is someone who cost jobs and shipped jobs overseas. the the real question will be over the next two months, can michelle nunn withstand the barrage that comes her way? if we look two weeks after labor day and the race is still tied, this will be an actual potential pickup for democrats. >> woodruff: and this race is especially important to democrats because the overall national senate landscape is not very friendly. >> that's right and that's why we care about this race. there are 12 races in the country we should all be looking at now but you can see from our map that 10 of the states are seats held by democrats. well -- or are republican targets. only two of the races are in places that are held by republicans -- kentucky with mitch mcconnell, minority leader who could become majority leader, and this race in georgia. if georgia is on the board for democrats, then the ability for republicans to take back the senate and net the seats they need out of this landsca
the democrats are already picking apart david perdue's business experience, trying to reopen the mitt romney playbook to say this is someone who cost jobs and shipped jobs overseas. the the real question will be over the next two months, can michelle nunn withstand the barrage that comes her way? if we look two weeks after labor day and the race is still tied, this will be an actual potential pickup for democrats. >> woodruff: and this race is especially important to democrats because the...
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romney. this is not a surprise. this is a state that went to john mccain four years ago, but just to recap, the state of kentucky has also been called for governor romney. the state of vermont going to barack obama, again, not a surprise. this is a very blue state. west virginia for governor romney. and i believe we have one other state, south carolina. all of these states so far, again, i guess you would kay, gwen, in the predictable column-- and indiana, one other state we have been able to call-- rather the associated press, or the networks. our rule has been either the associated press would make a projection or two television networks and then we share it with our audience. >> ifill: we hav we want to shae with you our ground rules. the "newshour's" policy is to report results projected by associated press. we will also tell you when two television networks have called a state if a.p. hasn't done so. the television networks, twlz a.p., make projections based on exit polls by a consortium
romney. this is not a surprise. this is a state that went to john mccain four years ago, but just to recap, the state of kentucky has also been called for governor romney. the state of vermont going to barack obama, again, not a surprise. this is a very blue state. west virginia for governor romney. and i believe we have one other state, south carolina. all of these states so far, again, i guess you would kay, gwen, in the predictable column-- and indiana, one other state we have been able to...
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sharp distinction between donald trump and the republican nominees he had faced: john mccain and mitt romney. >> i never thought they couldn't do the job. and had they won, i would haveug been disappointed, but i would have said to all americans, this is our president and i know they are going to abide by certain norms or rules, common sense. will observe basic decency. >> woodruff: all of this followed trump's repeated criticisms of khizr and ghazala khan, parents of an army officer killed in iraq., republican leaders condemned the remarks, but mr. obama saidmn that's not enough. >> this is daily and weekly where they are distancinge themselves from statements he's making.s there has to be a point in which you say this is not someone i can support for president of the united states. >> woodruff: one republican congressman, richard hanna of the syracuse, new york area, did just that today. in a newspaper op-ed, he wrote: "mr. trump has attacked theth parents of a slain u.s. soldier. where do we draw the line? while i disagree with her on many issues, i will vote for hillary clinton." trump w
sharp distinction between donald trump and the republican nominees he had faced: john mccain and mitt romney. >> i never thought they couldn't do the job. and had they won, i would haveug been disappointed, but i would have said to all americans, this is our president and i know they are going to abide by certain norms or rules, common sense. will observe basic decency. >> woodruff: all of this followed trump's repeated criticisms of khizr and ghazala khan, parents of an army...
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mitt romney, palm beach, stand up says, 47% of americans i can't tell take responsibility for their own lives, they expect a job, a paycheck, healthcare, food, telling people what they want to hear. that's what hillary clinton was doing last friday night, telling a new york crowd that, you know, people on the other side were xenophobic, racist, they were homophobic, islamophobeic, you name it. i tell you, what bothered me the most and donald trump took advantage of it and understandably she had done the same thing in 2008, took advantage of it, it was irredeemable. america is built on redemption. people came here because things weren't working out. my generation, the old generation, 13% of us were in favor of same-sex marriage 15 years ago. now 41%. on civil rights, america changed dramatically. we believe in redemption. not just because you're a liberal, you're an american. when you write off people and blame the customer, that is really bad. >> woodruff: but, david, barack obama stayed in a race, overcame that, was elected president. is this more damaging for hillary clinton? clearly
mitt romney, palm beach, stand up says, 47% of americans i can't tell take responsibility for their own lives, they expect a job, a paycheck, healthcare, food, telling people what they want to hear. that's what hillary clinton was doing last friday night, telling a new york crowd that, you know, people on the other side were xenophobic, racist, they were homophobic, islamophobeic, you name it. i tell you, what bothered me the most and donald trump took advantage of it and understandably she had...
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., even mitt romney to be secretary of state, very hawkish on th -- on iran. >> woodruff: karen, more names for secretary of state? >> we've heard today what jon huntsman, barack obama's former ambassador to china, far more moderate figure politically than we've seen, although, again, very much in agreement with what donald trump has to say on china. the other thing is that trump does not seem to feel in a great hurry to make this decision. >> woodruff: no, he doesn't. he seems to be enjoying the drama, enjoying the suspense, but also willing to let this kind of play out. >> woodruff: karen tumulty, amy walter, geoff dyer, thank you all. >> woodruff: the first foreign leader to call president-elect trump after his victory was egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi. the arab world's most-populous nation has had turbulent relations with the obama white house since the 2011 revolution, and the subsequent 2013 coup that first brought sisi to power. egypt's foreign minister, sami shoukry, has been in washington meeting with secretary of state kerry, with key leaders on capitol hill, and, l
., even mitt romney to be secretary of state, very hawkish on th -- on iran. >> woodruff: karen, more names for secretary of state? >> we've heard today what jon huntsman, barack obama's former ambassador to china, far more moderate figure politically than we've seen, although, again, very much in agreement with what donald trump has to say on china. the other thing is that trump does not seem to feel in a great hurry to make this decision. >> woodruff: no, he doesn't. he...
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romney won men by. hillary clinton winning women by 12, but that is sort of normal for what democratic candidates get. it's a wash when it comes to the gender gap that is particularly notable. >> woodruff: what does that suggest to you? >> it's why donald trump is having a good night. i think this is a big surprise that donald trump is doing? well. republican party to a level i was surprised by, normalized donald trump. that really helped him in places like ohio where even though governor and the senate candidates, senator, were against him. i think -- i wonder how many of those decisions were made by individual republican office holders based on the assumption that trump would lose. for long time, dirty little secret has been, that many republican leaders wanted donald trump to lose. i think speaking out in these states, as some did if you look at mike lee, if you lookÑhï nebraska, it's interesting. but you have to give the trump campaign lot of credit to this. >> woodruff: closing in on the 11:00 h
romney won men by. hillary clinton winning women by 12, but that is sort of normal for what democratic candidates get. it's a wash when it comes to the gender gap that is particularly notable. >> woodruff: what does that suggest to you? >> it's why donald trump is having a good night. i think this is a big surprise that donald trump is doing? well. republican party to a level i was surprised by, normalized donald trump. that really helped him in places like ohio where even though...